Promoting Adjustment in
Children through Evaluation (PACE) Lab
Recent Publications:
Osborne, J, & Leon, S.C. (2024). Beyond family: Patterns of kin and fictive kin caregivers among children in the child welfare system. Children and Youth Services Review, 163, 107823.
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Leon, S.C., Hodgkinson, N., Osborne, J., Lutz, N.M., & Hindt, L.A. (2023). Barriers to the involvement of extended family and fictive kin in the lives of children in foster care. Journal of Public Child Welfare, https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2023.2265873
Leon, S.C., Lutz, N., Hindt, L.A., Huguenel, B.M., & Osborne, J. (2022). Implicit self-esteem moderates the association between explicit self-esteem and externalizing behaviors. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 1-11.
Hindt, L.A., & Leon, S.C. (2022). Ecological disruptions and well-being among children in foster care. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 92(1), 39-50.
Osborne, J., Hindt, L.A., Lutz, N., Hodgkinson, N., & Leon, S.C. (2021). Placement stabilityamong children in kinship and non-kinship foster care placements across multiple placements. Children and Youth Services Review, 126, issue c.
Huguenel, BM., Leon, S.C., Hindt, L.A., Lutz, N., & Osborne, J. (2021). Profiles of maltreatment in the child welfare system: Predicting mental health outcomes and examining age as a moderator. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 34 (4), 721-732.
Hindt, L.A., Leon, S.C., & Lurigio, A.J. (2020). Visits with fathers involved in the criminal justice
system and behavioral outcomes among children in foster care. Children and Youth Services Review, 118(c).
Leon, S.C., Dickson, D.A. (2019). The impact of kinship networks on foster care children’s outcomes. Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science, 68, 169- 184.
Hindt, L.A., Jhe Bai, G., Huguenel, B.M., Fuller, A.K., & Leon, S.C. (2019). Impact of Emergency shelter utilization and kinship involvement on behavioral outcomes. Child Maltreatment, 24, 76-85. ​
Leon, S. C. & Dickson, D. A. (2018). The impact of kinship networks on foster care children's outcomes. Family Relations. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12340
Blakely, G.L., Leon, S.C., Jhe Bai, G., & Fuller, A.K. (2017). Foster care children's kinship involvement and behavioral risks: A longitudinal study. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26, 2450-2462. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0746-0
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Jhe Bai, G., Leon, S.C., Garbarino, J., & Fuller, A.K. (2016). The protective effect of kinship involvement on the adjustment of youth in foster care. Child Maltreatment, 21, 288-297. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559516669043
Leon, S.C., Jhe Bai, G., Fuller, A.K., & Busching, M. (2016). Emergency shelter care in child welfare: Who goes to the shelter? How long do they stay? American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 86, 49-60. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000102
Leon, S.C., Jhe Bai, G., & Fuller, A.K. (2016). Father involvement in child welfare: Associations with changes in externalizing behavior. Child Abuse and Neglect, 55, 73-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.04.003
Leon, S.C., Saucedo, D.J., & Jachymiak, K. (2016). Keeping it in the family: The impact of a Family Finding intervention on placement, permanency, and well-being outcomes. Children and Youth Services Review, 70, 163-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.09.020
Sieracki, J.H, Fuller, A.K., Leon, S.C., Bai, G.J., & Bryant, F. (2015). The role of race, socioeconomic status, and System of Care services in placement decision-making. Children and Youth Services Review, 50, 3-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.12.013
Stoner, A.M., Leon, S.C. & Fuller, A.F. (2015). Predictors of reduction in symptoms of depression for foster care youth. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24, 784-797. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-013-9889-9